Molecular Physiology & Translational Medicine (PhD)

Program Description

The PhD Program in Molecular Physiology and Translational Medicine trains students in holistic approaches to biomedical research, preparing students for careers across the spectrum of the cutting-edge world of biomedical and translational research. Our research programs merge mechanistic studies in cell and molecular biology with cell, tissue, organ, and system physiology and pathophysiology. The main themes of the program are in blood, cardiovascular and pulmonary physiology, and many of the faculty are drawn from the Cardeza Foundation – Division of Hematology, and the Center for Translational Medicine, of the Department of Medicine at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. However, the program includes faculty from across many academic departments, divisions and research centers across Jefferson, whose research interests encompass a broad array of basic and translational topics and model systems including cellular and molecular physiology, and normal and pathophysiology of the cardiovascular, pulmonary and gastrointestinal systems.  

Curriculum: 5.5 years, 180 credits

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
Fall		Credits
GC 550	Found in Biomedical Sciences	10
GC 570	Profiles in Research	2
GC 640	Research Ethics	1
GC 760	PhD Laborator Rotation II	3
PS 710	Seminar	1
PS 722 CURRENT LITERATURE		1
PS 910	Research	V
	Credits	18
Spring
GC 770	PhD Laboratory Rotation	3
PS 655	Fund of Integrative Physiology	3
PS 656	Adv Integrative Physiology	3
PS 720	Seminar	1
PS 732	Current Literature	1
PS 920	Research	V
	Credits	11
Summer
GC 750	PhD Laboratory Rotation I	3
PS 730	Seminar	1
PS 930	Research	V
#GENELECT	General Elective	V
	Credits	4
Second Year
Fall
GC 665	Cell Signaling	4
PS 710	Seminar	1
PS 722 CURRENT LITERATURE		1
PS 910	Research	V
#GENELECT	General Elective	V
	Credits	6
Spring
GC 742 APPLIED STATISTICS	Applied Statistics	2
GC 730	Planning&Writing ResearchGrant	1
PS 720	Seminar	1
PS 732	Current Literature	1
PS 920	Research	V
#GENELECT	General Elective	V
	Credits	5
Summer
PS 730	Seminar	1
PS 930	Research	V
#GENELECT	General Elective	V
	Credits	1
	Total Credits	45